Peninsula School District suspends all three Gig Harbor High girls basketball coaches for rest of season
Jan 28, 2025An interim coach, who has not yet been named, will lead the Tides for the rest of the current season.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Tree rings reveal many mysteries
Jan 27, 2025Tree rings tell a lot about not only the life of the tree, but also some of the events that occurred on the land it grew on.
Krishnadasan, other first-year lawmakers finding their way around Olympia
Jan 23, 2025The Gig Harbor Democrat, in her first year in the Senate, says she is adjusting to the whirlwind nature of serving in the Legislature.
PenMet to name sports field in honor of Joe Jarzynka
Jan 23, 2025Joe Jarzynka Memorial Fieldhouse will commemorate the former Gig Harbor High and University of Washington football star who died in 2023.
Gig Harbor Real Estate | Looking back at ’24, thinking ahead to ’25
Jan 16, 2025The Gig Harbor real estate market was remarkably resilient in 2024. Will that trend continue in 2025?
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Pioneers’ names got lost in translation
Jan 13, 2025Why were the names of so many local pioneer families often spelled several ways in official documents? Many didn’t read or write, and many were not native English speakers.
Gig Harbor Now and Then | The history of this beach of dreams
Jan 10, 2025The mostly-underwater Beach of Dreams was once part of a sawmill, then bought by a 3-year-old, who was eventually sued by her own father.
Emily Randall sworn in as member of Congress
Jan 06, 2025Democrat Emily Randall and Republican Michael Baumgartner became Washington’s newest representatives in Congress on Friday afternoon, Jan. 3. They were sworn in following the session’s first political drama — election of the House speaker — that found the newcomers on opposite sides. Baumgartner and his Republican colleagues used their narrow majority to reelect House Speaker
Gig Harbor Now and Then | Sometimes, it seems like this is the only building in town
Dec 29, 2024Monty’s Furniture was located (you guessed it!) at the corner of Pioneer Way and Harborview Drive in 1952.
Day Tripper | A visit to Poulsbo, Washington’s Little Norway
Dec 24, 2024Out of town guests almost always enjoy a trip to Poulsbo, the center of Scandinavian culture on the Kitsap Peninsula.